CAO makes early college offers to 5,100 applicants

This CAO round will be followed by another on August 3 but the biggest round of offers occurs on August 30 after the release of this year's Leaving Cert results on August 25. Stock picture

Almost 5,100 students are receiving offers of a college place on Friday as CAO Round A offers went to mature students and deferred applicants.

A total of 5,095 applicants received an offer of a place as part of the early round. This includes 4,349 Level 8 offers, and 1,621 Level 7/6 offers. A further 875 applicants received an offer on both the Level 8 and Level 7/6 lists.